ST. IGNACE — Rudyard held St. Ignace to just seven second-half points as the Bulldogs beat the Saints 54-45 in the Straits Area Conference.

Brady VanSloten scored 15 of his game-high 18 points in the first half to keep the Bulldogs in the game, trailing 38-31 at halftime. The Bulldogs trailed 41-39 at the end of the third and outscored the Saints 15-4 in the fourth quarter.

"I thought we bounced back from Tuesday’s loss and played much more aggressively on the offensive end and rebounded much better," Bulldogs coach Tracy Peterson said. "We still need to clean up a lot of mistakes but we made a giant leap from Game 1."

Garrett Laponsie had 11 points, 16 rebounds and five assists for the Bulldogs, and Alex Wonders added nine points and seven rebounds.

DETOUR 57, ENGADINE 41: Kaden Barbeaux had 23 points as the Raiders won the EUP Conference opener Thursday. Kirk Peffers added 12 points and seven assists for the Raiders, who outscored the Eagles 15-3 in the fourth quarter to pull away. Jeff Bomber led the Eagles with 14 points and 11 rebounds.